Cookie Policy
1. Summary
We use only strictly necessary cookies — the ones required to log you in, keep you logged in, remember your place in a course, and process your payment securely.
We do not use advertising cookies, tracking pixels, social media cookies or analytics cookies. We do not build profiles of you and we do not share cookie data with advertisers.
Because we only use strictly necessary cookies, we are not required to ask for your consent, and you will not see a cookie banner on our site.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember things about your visit, such as whether you are logged in.
Similar technologies, such as local storage, work in a comparable way. Where we refer to "cookies" in this policy, we mean cookies and similar technologies together.
3. The legal position
Under the EU ePrivacy Directive and the Estonian Electronic Communications Act, consent is required before placing cookies on your device, except where a cookie is strictly necessary to provide a service you have explicitly requested.
All the cookies we use fall within that exemption. Logging into your account, staying logged in while you work through a course, and completing a payment are all services you actively request, and they cannot function without these cookies.
4. Cookies we use
4.1 Website and account cookies
These are set by our website platform (WordPress) and are required for the site and your account to work.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
wordpress_logged_in_* |
Confirms you are logged in and identifies you to the platform on each page you open | Session, or up to 14 days if you select "remember me" |
wordpress_sec_* |
Secures the logged-in session in the member area | Session |
wp-settings-* |
Remembers display preferences within your account area | Up to 12 months |
PHPSESSID |
Maintains your session while you move between pages | Session (deleted when you close your browser) |
4.2 Payment cookies
These are set by Stripe, our payment provider, when you go through checkout. They are used to process your payment securely and to detect and prevent fraudulent transactions.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
__stripe_mid |
Fraud prevention — identifies the device used to make a payment | 12 months |
__stripe_sid |
Fraud prevention during the checkout session | 30 minutes |
Stripe's own handling of this data is described in the Stripe Privacy Policy. Fraud prevention is a legal and security requirement for processing card payments, and these cookies cannot be disabled while still allowing payment to take place.
5. What we do not use
To be explicit, we do not use:
- advertising or retargeting cookies;
- the Meta (Facebook) pixel or any other social media tracking pixel;
- Google Analytics or any other third-party analytics service;
- cross-site tracking of any kind;
- cookies that build a profile of your interests or behaviour.
If this changes in future, we will update this policy and, where the law requires it, ask for your consent through a cookie banner before setting any non-essential cookies.
6. Managing cookies
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Instructions for the most common browsers:
Please note: because all the cookies we use are strictly necessary, blocking or deleting them will prevent parts of the site from working. In particular, you will not be able to log in, remain logged in, or complete a purchase.
7. Cookies and your personal data
Some of the cookies described above involve the processing of personal data, such as your session identifier or a device identifier used for fraud prevention.
How we handle personal data more generally, including the lawful basis for processing and your rights, is set out in our Privacy Policy.
8. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy if we change the cookies we use. The version number and date at the top of this page show when it was last changed.
If we introduce any cookie that is not strictly necessary, we will ask for your consent before setting it.
9. Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to info@footballcoachinginstitute.com.
| Legal entity | Football Coaching Institute OÜ |
| Registered address | [OFFICE1 FULL STREET ADDRESS], Tallinn, Estonia |
| Registry code | [REGISTRY CODE] |
| info@footballcoachinginstitute.com | |
| Website | www.footballcoachinginstitute.com |